12 census tracts · pop 32,415 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3–5.1
Briargrove is a 12-tract neighborhood of Houston, TX and houses 32,415 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.5/10, in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Cost burden runs 40% against 32.1% citywide, putting Briargrove 7.8% over its own city.
15% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.4/10. Filings are well documented here: 384 across 3 observed tracts.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 10.8% of renter households. That places it #187 of 397 neighborhoods in Houston.
Judgments average 1.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Forest Village and The Lakes At Highland Glen score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Average gross rent runs $1,346, close to the Houston average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
12 tracts · population-weighted
Briargrove vs HoustonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Briargrove
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
384Total filings (sum)
4.43%Avg annual filing rate
10.8%Peak year (2015)
6.12%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
5,115Total filings 2020-21
5.7Avg monthly observed
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
3.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston, TX).
Frequently asked
About Briargrove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Briargrove?
Briargrove scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) across 12 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Briargrove compare to Houston overall?
Briargrove scores 0.2 points lower than Houston overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,346 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Briargrove?
Average gross rent in Briargrove is $1,346/month (pop-weighted across 12 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Briargrove residents are renters?
63% of Briargrove households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Houston). The neighborhood has 32,415 residents.
Q5
Is Briargrove a high social-vulnerability area?
Briargrove sits in the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Briargrove have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Briargrove is census tract 48201431203 (score 5.1/10). Across the 12 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Briargrove for landlords?
Briargrove carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). Pop-weighted across 12 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Houston as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Briargrove?
Briargrove has 32,354 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.3%), Hispanic / Latino (23.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
